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• Castle Bromwich), and the machines will spend ij hour here before being allowed to start. That interval having elapsed, the machines will be started off, and if not ready any further time spent here will count as flying time. The next " port of call will be Newcastle, where the Town Moor is the aerodrome selected. Again a stop of ij hour is compulsory before the machines leave for Glasgow (Renfrew). At the latter place competitors must stop for the night, the start being given to the first machine next morning (Saturday, September 9) at 9 a.m. On the second day the first intermediate landing ground is at Alexandra Park, Manchester, and having spent their prescribed time there, machines will leave for Bristol (Filton). Leaving Filton 1 i hour later, the machines will head for Waddon, where the finish takes place, probably some time between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. AtWaddon there is little doubt large crowds will assemble to see the finish of the race, and if the handicapping is good and machines fly reasonably consistently, SEPTEMBER 7, 1922. tliere should be a close finish, although it will be realised that in a race of this length it is extremely difficult to ensure that several machines come in close together. Nevertheless, it will be very interesting to witness the finish, and we advise as many of our readers as can manage to do so to get out to Waddon in good time, as there is always the possibility of one or more machines making better time than anticipated. In order to prevent visitors to Waddon on Saturday from getting bored while waiting for the King's Cup machines to come in, the Royal Aero Club has made arrangements for Flying Officer G. R. Scholefield from Farnborough to give exhibition flights during the afternoon, and Mr. Rex Stocken, of the Aircraft Disposal Company, will also assist in keeping visitors amused, ably seconded by Mr. S. H. Hayns. If the race machines should be a little late in coming in there should thus not be any lack of interest, especially as the ordinary business of the aerodrome, arrival and departure of machines for the Continent, will be going on as usual. THE The scale drawings (see pp. 508 and 509) of the machines entered are arranged according to handicap allowance. Thus the slowest machine comes first, and the fastest, the " Sea Lion," which starts scratch, comes last.* In the following notes the machines are arranged in alphabetical order for easy reference. The Ai>ro Baby.—Two machines of this type are entered, one by Sir William Letts, K.B.E., to be flown by Mr. Bert Hinkler, and one by Mr. Henry Fildes, M.P., to be piloted by Sqdn.-Ldr. H. Payn. The Avro Babies are "fitted with Green engines of 35 h.p. only, but have some remarkable MACHINES characteristic of the standard Avro 504. The Avro-Viper has been entered for the race by Mr. A. V. Roe, and it will be piloted by Capt. F. C. Broome, the well-known Vickers pilot. This machine also was designed by Mr. Chadwick. The Avro " Lucifer."—Except for the fact that it is fitted with one of the three-cylinder 100 h.p. Bristol "Lucifer" engines, this machine resembles the 504, and no detail reference need be made to it except to state that it is another instance of the extraordinary adaptability of the type 504. We can call to mind machines of this type fitted with 110 h.p. le Rhone, 180 h.p. le Rhone, 90 h.p. Renault, 200 h.p. Siddeley Lynx, 200 h.p. Wolseley Viper, and now the 100 h.p. Bristol " Lucifer." No wonder the machine, first designed in 1913, still survives as one of the finest all-round machines in existence. In the race the Avro " Lucifer," which has been entered by Mr. John Lord of A. V. Roe and Co., will be flown by Maj. C. R. Carr, who, it will be remembered, accompanied the late Sir Ernest Shackleton on his antarctic journey, the Avro seaplane which went out with them having, unfor tunately, to be left behind at Cape Town, and therefore never getting an opportunity of showing the service it could do. The Blackburn " Kangaroo."—As far as the Circuit of Britain is concerned, the Blackburn " Kangaroo " has the distinction of being the only twin-engined type entered. Fitted with two Rolls-Royce " Falcon " engines of 275 h.p. each, the machine was designed during the War as a bomber. The type has also been tried fitted with floats for use over the sea, and a later version was fitted with a cabin, for use as a commercial machine. In the race it will be easily distin- Avro Baby, 35 h.p. Green. performances to their credit. Thus Mr. Hinkler flew one of these machines from London to Turin non-stop, and in Australia the same pilot on the same machine made a non stop flight of over 800 miles. Just recently a similar machine flew from London to Moscow—not, of course, without inter mediate landings, but nevertheless a very fine performance. The Avro Baby was designed by Mr. Roy Chadwick, Chief Designer of A. V. Roe and Co. The Avro " Viper."—In its general outlines the Avro Viper resembles the famous Avro 504, except that it is fitted with a 200 h.p. Wolseley " Viper " engine. This naturally changes the nose of the machine somewhat, a nose radiator being placed in front of the engine. The under-carriage is of1 the Vee type, instead of the wheel-and skid type which is so * At the moment of going to press we learn this machine will not start. M^jiis •tflll ill «*,- --' P ^ SfeVAu Iwl EPP'W^* spte ,,t ^?',:-;:- :^;.f;i"?:^jBL .* , % I, "•""*• - 1 _ * sails IPS »,». f • *&,;/ • 3JW • The Blackburn Kangaroo," " Falcons 2-275 h.p. Rolls-Royce The Avro-Viper, 200 h.p. Wolseley " Viper." guished by the long slender fuselage projecting far forward of the wings. Two " Kangaroos " have been entered for the King's Cup race—one by the Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill, M.P., to be piloted by Lieut.-Col. Spenser Grey, the other, which will be flown by Mr. R. W. Kenworthy, the Blackburn pilot, by Sir Walter de Frece. The Bristol 10-Seater.—In its original form, fitted with a Napier " Lion," the Bristol 10-Seater has been in use for several months on the London-Paris service. It is a fairly large machine, with a large cabin, luxuriously finished, accom modating nine passengers. For the race the machine will be fitted with one of the Bristol Company's " Jupiter " engines, of 400 h.p. The 10-seater has been entered by Sir G. Stanley White, and will be flown by Mr. Uwins, the Bristol test pilot. The machine was designed by Mr. Reid, who is now chief designer to the Bristol Company.
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